Issue #9600 has been reported by Rei Odaira.
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Bug #9600: sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX) is just a hint for getgrnam_r()
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9600
* Author: Rei Odaira
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee:
* Category:
* Target version:
* ruby -v: ruby 2.2.0dev (2014-03-05) [powerpc64-linux]
* Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
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When there is a group that has a lot of members, TestProcess#test_execopts_gid fails. Following is a more simple example:
$ ruby -e 'system("true", gid: "largegroup")'
-e:1:in `system': Numerical result out of range - getgrnam_r (Errno::ERANGE)
from -e:1:in `<main>'
This wrong exception happens because obj2gid() in process.c calls getgrnam_r() with a buffer that was allocated based on the size returned by sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX). In Linux, sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX) returns 1024, but actually this value is just a hint, so obj2gid() should gradually extend the buffer until getgrnam_r() no longer throws ERANGE.
The same issue was reported in the following page:
http://tomlee.co/2012/10/problems-with-large-linux-unix-groups-and-getgrgid_r-getgrnam_r/
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